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A Personal View of Clients and Staff

A Personal View of Clients and Staff

Chapter:

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1 A Personal View of Clients and Staff

Source:

Making It Crazy

Author(s):

Sue E. Estroff

Publisher:

University of California Press

DOI:10.1525/california/9780520054516.003.0001

This book deals with a group of persons called, in society, mentally ill. The lessons learned by the author of this book when she met with these people are elaborated. Contrary to the portrayals of staff as destructive, inconsiderate, power-hungry individuals found in other works similar to this, the author found that these people were easy to like, almost always genuinely concerned for their clients. Through interaction, two facets are understood—staff's and client's perspectives and experiences. This book aims to be able to deal more extensively with these two perspectives, with their interaction, convergences, and divergences in mind.

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